http://blog.lib.umn.edu/wage0005/echinacea/ Investigating ecology and evolution in fragmented prairie habitat since 1995. This field log documents our research projects, observations, and experiences. For more information, visit our website. en Copyright 2011 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:53:11 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Today we will start measuring Echinacea in the Common Garden. Here is the link to the protocol: CGmeasureprotocol2010.htm

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/wage0005/echinacea/2010/07/common-garden-measuring-protoc.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/wage0005/echinacea/2010/07/common-garden-measuring-protoc.html Measuring Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:53:11 -0600 I thought I would spend some time comparing the 2006 and 2007 measuring of the plants at Hegg Lake. The Hegg Lake common garden is located on Minnesota DNR land and is approximately a 7.5 mile drive from the main common garden. In May 2006 3,941 seedlings were planted at Hegg Lake after they were first germinated and grown in a green house at the Chicago Botanic Garden. To learn about this large seedling growth experiment see http://echinacea.umn.edu/experiments-spring-2006.htm">http://echinacea.umn.edu/experiments-spring-2006.htm">http://echinacea.umn.edu/experiments-spring-2006.htm

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/wage0005/echinacea/2007/08/hegg-lake-2006-verse-2007.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/wage0005/echinacea/2007/08/hegg-lake-2006-verse-2007.html Measuring Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:58:39 -0600 Here's a photo of the measurers and datatakers at the Hegg Lake common Garden on July 26th.

(L to R) Kneeling: Amy, Amy, Jennifer. Standing: Gretel, Ian, Andy, Ruth, Julie, Josh, Rachel, Colin, Jameson. Photo by Stuart--he measured too.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/wage0005/echinacea/2007/07/measuring-plants-at-hegg-lake.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/wage0005/echinacea/2007/07/measuring-plants-at-hegg-lake.html Measuring Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:35:17 -0600 At last, after car trouble aborted my trip last week, I made it back out to Douglas County to join in field work with Team Echinacea. What a difference from the 2 days in late May, when Stuart, Jennifer, Andrea, Amy Mueller, and I were there searching for seedlings in the remnants! On Wed, the team numbered 12, and we made great headway measuring plants in the common garden. We were undaunted by the heat and humidity, though we did welcome every breeze. Today, we had the benefit of clouds all morning, and 13 of us measured quite a few plants at the Hegg Lake experimental site before rain, which we'd been seeing in the distance all morning, chased us in for lunch. The weather canceled field work for the afternoon, but we received instruction from Rachel about the upcoming work to evaluate species composition at her research sites, and I conferred with Stuart on analysis of pollinator visitation data before I headed back to the Twin Cities. I enjoyed the opportunity to meet the new members of the crew and working with them and look forward to the next time.

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white fuzzies

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]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/wage0005/echinacea/2007/07/link-to-measuring-protocol.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/wage0005/echinacea/2007/07/link-to-measuring-protocol.html Measuring Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:31:46 -0600